MOORESVILLE, NC — KP Yohannan (Metropolitan Yohan) — founder of missions agency GFA World (formerly Gospel for Asia) who died May 8 — once said to me: “I’m just a skinny kid from India who grew up to be a follower of Jesus.” Genuine humility was the mark of the man — a man whom God would choose to launch one of the greatest missionary movements the world has ever seen. Born into obscurity in the village of Niranam in... Read more
It hasn’t been a full day yet since being told the news that K.P. Yohannan died. As I sit at my desk and record my thoughts, I am fighting back tears. I sense I am still in shock. I believe I am one of the few who still called him K.P. It’s how he introduced himself some decades back when we first met. As a young man he had asked me for time to share his dream of seeing Asia... Read more
K.P. Yohannan (Metropolitan Yohan), founder and director of GFA World and Metropolitan of Believers Eastern Church, departed in the presence of God on May 8, 2024. He was a missionary statesman with an undying call to share the love of Christ with this world and to inspire others to follow in his footsteps. He reposed in Dallas, Texas, due to a sudden cardiac arrest while receiving treatment after being struck by a car while on his morning walk on May... Read more
I pray you and your family have a joy-filled Christmas, and may the blessings of the Holy Trinity be with you for the New Year! In The Chronicles of Narnia, the great Aslan tells the children that Narnia is really only a “shadow land.” And truly, where live now is just such a “Shadow Land.” Looking back throughout time and history, we can see so vividly that nothing here in this world, not even the mightiest nation or person on earth,... Read more
Think about Apostle Paul’s life. He was a member of the Sanhedrin and the ruling party, very powerful. He had the highest possible education and much that would bring him esteem, but then he gave his life to Christ. Immediately after his commission, Jesus said, “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake” (Acts 9:16). Then, for 30 years, Paul was like a wounded animal: Everywhere he walked, he could see the drops of blood from... Read more
Spending time in prayer for the world is not an easy thing. It takes energy to focus our attention, meditate and ask the Lord to give us faith. It expends not just our time but everything in us, engaging our hearts that God may bring about a different world. That is extremely significant. Thank you for joining with us in prayer for God to prosper the work of our national missionaries, like Pastor Haruto and Pastor Kagan. As it says in... Read more
WILLS POINT, TX – KP Yohannan, founder and director of GFA World (Gospel for Asia), has been the model for numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, and Metropolitan of Believers Eastern Church, to help the poor and deprived worldwide — shares on the impact of George Verwer, his life and ministry, radically changing lives. “I invite you to come, die, and live.” Those eight words! I’d never heard anything like it. As a 17-year-old from a village in India, I listened open-mouthed at... Read more
A good friend and well-known Christian theologian visited our work in Asia. He came to one of the leprosy colonies, filled with people who are in horrible pain and suffering. They are so alone, rejected by everyone, without any hope of relief. Then, he was invited to share something to those who had gathered, share a word of prayer. He told us he stood there, numb, not knowing what to say. Let me ask you—faced with a congregation who is... Read more
WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World (Gospel for Asia), has been the model for numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, to help the poor and deprived worldwide — GFA shares on the Christian “happy new year”, the season of advent as we look back to the birth of Christ and anticipate His soon return. “Happy New Year” might be a strange greeting to hear early in December, or even late November. But for many believers, the fourth Sunday prior to... Read more
WILLS POINT, TX – K.P. Yohannan, founder and director of GFA World (Gospel for Asia), which inspired numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, and Metropolitan of Believers Eastern Church, to assist the poor and deprived worldwide — shares essential principles taught by the Lord to help navigate especially when tensions arise in a relationship. In the very early years of my life serving God, I had a Christian leader over me who seemed to view me as a potential... Read more
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